Another Life: Elf Archer

"Shooting is the way of benevolence. When you shoot strawberry, you seek to rectify yourself. If you are righteous before shooting, if you miss the target, you don't blame the person who is better than you. Instead, you just seek to rectify yourself."

"……speak English."

Looking at Gu Yu sitting upright every year, he felt the urge to hit someone.

She just asked Gu Yu to explain the content of the skills to her, why did this and so on come out?

"These sentences should be easy to understand, right?" Gu Yu looked at Qi Youfeng, who was leaning on the handrail of the stairs.

Gu Yu finally sat in the big chair behind the consultation desk, and Qi Youfeng, who was standing, acted as a "protector" on the left and right, and began the surprise class on ancient Chinese every year.

"Notatall!"

There is a black line on the face every year, come on, everyone switches languages ​​and hurts each other!

"...We have always spoken in Chinese." Qi Youfeng instantly understood what Nian Nian meant and said in a dumbfounded voice.

“…Please use modern, universal and friendly Chinese!”

Nian Nian was speechless, and grabbed his ears with both hands, as if he had turned himself into a rabbit, and motioned to them, "Please treat me as a foreigner, thank you!"

Gu Yu seemed to have just realized that Nian Nian was actually a "returnee" and expressed apologetically

"I didn't expect this to be so difficult for you. I thought anyone who can speak Chinese can understand classical Chinese, especially the simplest one."

"..."

Nian Nian pointed at Gu Yu and asked Qi Youfeng, "Is he mocking me?"

Qi Youfeng couldn't help laughing, "I think he was just expressing his pride as an ordinary person who can read classical Chinese."

"..." Nian Nian rolled her eyes, she shouldn't have asked Qi Youfeng this question.

"Forget it, talk less, do more, come on, let's shoot two arrows first. 35xs"

Nian Nian made a "stop" gesture, briefly and rudely interrupting Gu Yu's unspoken words, picked up his short bow, and slapped it on the information desk in front of Gu Yu.

Gu Yu lowered his head and began to carefully observe Nian Nian's short bow.

Thinking of the recent rumors about the "artifact" in his hand, Nian Nian frowned slightly and turned his head to look at Gu Yu's expression.

His expression was focused and his eyes were clear, which made Niannian's favorability toward this person return a little. However, because Gu Yu's words just now were too "lethal", the favorability was still negative.

"This bow of yours is probably not a strong bow suitable for foot shooting?"

As Gu Yu spoke, he took off his long bow from behind and placed it next to Nian Nian's short bow.

In this comparison, Nian Nian's short bow is like a child's toy. Not only is the length less than half of Gu Yu's bow, but the curvature of the bow is also relatively large, making it look a bit "soft". Not as stiff as that long bow.

"Because we rarely stand still and shoot arrows, and our targets are often moving... targets."

"So, in comparison, you pursue speed more?"

Gu Yu raised his head and asked.

"No, what we are after is concealment."

"hidden?"

"Like the wind, it cannot be caught, it is everywhere."

Nian Nian picked up the short bow and lightly plucked the bowstring. Gu Yu only felt a breeze blowing by, and it passed by in an instant.

"But you..." Gu Yu felt that Nian Nian's strength did not require any pursuit of concealment, and Gu Yu didn't like the fact that it sounded like it was specifically for sneak attacks. 35xs

"When you can't hide, you can't let others slaughter you, right?"

Nian Nian raised his eyebrows and said, thought for a moment, then said again

"Let's not compare our skills for now."

At this time every year, he became very serious. The moment he picked up the short bow, he swept away the laziness of the past two days and turned to look at Gu Yu with a burning gaze.

Of course, Gu Yu would not refuse. He stood up, holding a bow in his hand, walked around the information desk, and stood side by side three meters away from Nian Nian.

"Etc., etc!"

Qi Youfeng saw that both of them had raised their left hands holding the bow, and quickly called out, "You don't want to compete here, do you?"

Qi Youfeng highlighted "here" and pointed to the rooms upstairs.

Nian Nian raised his head, looked at the roof of the wooden building, and asked, "What is painted on it?"

"The sky and the earth are high and there are four meteors. The sun and the moon are hidden from each other, so it is day and night. What is common around the North Pole is said to be above -"

"Lease! seakandar!"

"...The flat ancient star map should be the starry sky of the Tang Dynasty."

Qi Youfeng felt that these two people vividly explained what "self-talk" meant, and they helplessly acted as a bridge of communication.

"Look, this is much easier to understand."

Nian Nian turned his head and scolded Gu Yu, then looked up at the star map and said with great satisfaction.

"These dots can be used as targets."

Gu Yu also looked up and said, "Indeed, the height is appropriate, and it's also convenient for comparing accuracy."

"..."

Qi Youfeng held his forehead. He absolutely couldn't keep this Tongtian Tower, so he asked Emperor Fu to take advantage of the closure of the building in the past few days to carry out a comprehensive renovation.

The two people who reached a consensus raised their left hands and right hands at the same time——

"Eh?"

Nian Nian, who had been paying attention to Gu Yu's movements, paused and asked, "If you carry the quiver behind your back, won't you find it inconvenient every time you take out the arrows?"

While talking, Nian Nian also made a few gestures with his right hand, raising his hand, bending his elbow, taking the arrow, extending his elbow, and nodding the arrow.

Gu Yu also noticed that Nian Nian's quiver was hung on his waist. He also gestured to take the arrow, raised his hand, and nocked the arrow.

"Are my movements smaller and faster like this?"

"Indeed, the range of motion of the shoulder will be much smaller this way, and the time for each shot will be shorter."

It is indeed suitable for sneak attacks and concealment, Gu Yu added in his mind.

The movements are small and difficult to detect. After shooting an arrow, he immediately prepares for the next one. Gu Yu feels that these small details actually reflect a sense of urgency for fear of being discovered.

When both of them nocked their arrows and pulled the strings, Qi Youfeng discovered that the difference between the two men's arrows was very obvious.

Neither Nian Nian nor Gu Yu was in a hurry to loosen the string and release the arrow. Instead, they turned their bodies at the same time and looked at the other's way of holding the bow and controlling the string.

"You use your thumb to hook the string?"

"You use three fingers to hook the string?"

The two asked at the same time, and were stunned at the same time. Then they relaxed their right hands that were holding the string at the same time and took a step towards each other.

This synchronization rate... is this probably the sympathy of fellow masters?

Qi Youfeng did not go up to join in the fun, but sat on the steps of the stairs and watched the two men gesticulating.

"The string control method taught in our Jade Emperor Academy is like this. The thumb hooks the string and presses it, the back of the hand faces up, the index finger is slightly bent but does not touch the bow string, and the last three fingers are naturally stacked."

As Gu Yu spoke, he demonstrated a few times to ensure that Nian Nian could clearly see his gestures.

"Moreover, when holding the bow with your left hand, you should open your mouth wide, bend your thumb and index finger like an arc, let the arrow rest loosely in the semicircular cavity formed by these two fingers, and hold the bow with the remaining three fingers."

After listening to it every year, I also introduced my own string control habits.

"We didn't teach any standard movements, but my strength was limited. At first, for stability, I used my index finger, middle finger, ring finger and three fingers to hook the string. The back of my hand was perpendicular to the ground, and I put the arrow between my index finger and middle finger like this. Later, I got used to."

"In this case, wouldn't the arrow tail easily hit the fingertips?"

Gu Yu noticed that although the wooden arrows used every year did not have tail feathers, they had thin wood splinters of a similar shape as the tails. If the gesture was a little off and the string was loosened a little bit, it would be chipped off by the wood splinters. A layer of skin, right?

"This?" Nian Nian picked up the arrow and gestured, "Practice more, won't it be enough until you don't get swept away?"

"practise……"

Gu Yu seemed to have an enlightenment, looking at Nian Nian with some admiration in his eyes

"I understand. If you practice in this way, you will receive strong feedback immediately every time your movements are not in place. It is indeed a good method. No wonder you are much better than me."

After saying that, Gu Yu shook his head and sighed, "I can think of such a cruel practice method and still persist in it. Sure enough, there is no unreasonable success in this world! I am ashamed of myself!"

"..."

I just wanted to say that she actually often uses magic arrows, and magic arrows don’t have such a thing as an “arrow tail”. I also think what Gu Yu said makes sense.

I am indeed very good, although even I never thought that this exercise has so many connotations...